An Atlanta man, Sincere Rush, 22, has been found guilty by a DeKalb County jury of various charges including Malice Murder and Felony Murder, announced District Attorney Sherry Boston on Thursday, for the shooting death of a man outside a Clifton Church Road rooming house, reports the DeKalb District Attorney's Office.

The conviction came after a jury trial where evidence showed Rush shot Marcus Bradford, 51, on the evening of November 28, 2022, as detailed by the DeKalb County Police Department’s response to the crime scene where Bradford was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound; the altercation that led to the gunfire arose from a noise complaint Rush had while Bradford and his girlfriend, a tenant at the multi-renter dwelling, were simply eating pizza in their car, while this appellate case of domestic tensions and gunfire underlines the precipitous jolt from annoyance to tragedy, it yet remains a grim tale of conflict escalation.

Upon responding to the incident, officers found Bradford in the carport suffering from a gunshot wound; Rush was also at the scene and claimed self-defense during his 911 call, asserting that Bradford had come at him aggressively, however, with the aid of carport surveillance that captured both video and audio, it became apparent that Rush had instigated the encounter with a firearm and that Bradford was unarmed.

Senior Assistant District Attorney Tauri Thomas, alongside Assistant District Attorney Emily Donkervoet and DA Investigator Christopher Hollowood prosecuted the case with DeKalb County Police Department detectives leading the investigation; following the guilty verdict, Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie has set the sentencing for Rush to take place on July 10 which will conclude this segment of legal procedure, though the ripples of what transpired that sparred November evening will undoubtedly reverberate longer in the community.